October 19 – November 3
NISD NEWS 2011
Forty-two students from Mike Moses Middle School entered the competition, and 21 made the all-region choir. McMichael Middle School sent 17 students, and seven of those students qualified. Other school districts in the region include Tyler, Lufkin, Whitehouse, Henderson, Jacksonville and Longview. The Region 21 auditions held at Hallsville High School began at 7 a.m. and ended at 3:30 p.m. Each participant was required to perform excerpts from two songs and sight-read a line of music without accompaniment. The students spent months in preparation and just a few minutes singing; most of their day was spent waiting — in anticipation — for the results. “The students were required to learn three choral pieces and audition individually before a panel of judges,” Weems said. “It was blind judging, so the judges could not see the students and the students were assigned a number so the judges did not know who they were or what school they represented.”
Mike Moses students, front row from left, are: Kaylee Sutton, Emily Lambright, Regan Knott, Zoey Stovall, Daniela Emborgo and Diana Escutia; second row, Reagan Fitch, Elizabeth Ewing, Salma Salazar, Nadia Lopez, Atzuri Espinoza and Neida Camacho; and back row, Laportia Montgomery, Gabie Bedgood, Allie Whatley, Sadajia Henry, Walker Pahlman, Re’Keita Kennedy, Nikolaas Van Kley, Justin Reyna and Laura Dunn.
The all-region students from Nacogdoches ISD students will join the 180 other Region 21 finalists for a clinic and concert Nov. 12. Their day will be spent in rehearsals with a voice technician. That evening, they will perform a concert at the University of Texas at Tyler. From there students will have an opportunity to qualify for prearea. Any students who qualify will advance to area competition with the hopes of making it to the all-state contest.
T wo is better than one
Yarbrough has second game with multiple interceptions BY BRANDON OGDEN bogden@dailysentinel.com When Jacques Yarbrough gets an interception in a game, he doesn’t stop with one. As a junior, Yarbrough intercepted two passes in a 41-20 victory for the Nacogdoches Dragons over Carthage.
McMichael students, front row from left are; Keyawna Phillips, Karen Rodriguez, Daisy Cabral and Samantha Byrum; and back row, Evalyn Arriaga, Cameron Davis and Armani Scott.
Two weeks ago, Yarbrough double-dipped again, this time at Marshall. With Nacogdoches trailing 6-0 in the second quarter, Yarbrough grabbed a pass deflected by teammate Cole Banner and returned it 87 yards for a touchdown. “It was a gimme,” Yarbrough said. “He had thrown one near me, and I didn’t get it, but I knew I’d get the next one. Right when I caught it, I was thinking end zone.”
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